Q Of the 60 or so main cast members of Gone With the Wind...

MAGPIE

April 8, 1989

Q Of the 60 or so main cast members of Gone With the Wind, which are still living in this 50th anniversary year?

A GWTW had 59 speaking roles. Of the major characters, Olivia DeHavilland (Melanie) is the only one still living. Among the lesser players, Evelyn Keyes (Suellen), Ann Rutherford (Careen), Butterfly McQueen (Prissy) and Camie King (Bonnie Blue Butler) are alive.

Q Tell me when The Prisoner of Zenda was made and who starred in it.

A There have been five versions of the tale of the commoner who subs for a look-alike king. The first two, 1913 and 1922, were silents. The last, a 1979 comic version, was a bomb. The two best are the 1937 Ronald Colman and 1952 Stewart Granger versions. Only the Granger movie is on tape.

Q Is it true that Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev reveres American film stars?

A Gorby is a film freak. Among his favorite actors is Gary Cooper. The late star's daughter Maria, hearing that the Soviet leader expressed a desire to see Friendly Persuasion and Love in the Afternoon, presented prints of both movies to Gorbachev when she and her husband were in Moscow.